Friday, November 20, 2009

Rain may put pumpkin pie in peril, Nestle says

PORTLAND, Ore. — The holidays may not be so sweet this year.
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Record corn harvest coming in to elevators

MOUNT HOPE, Mo. — Corn and soybean crops that are forecast to be the largest in Kansas history are coming in, and elevators are bursting with fall grains.
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Poet reduces cellulosic ethanol production costs

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Poet LLC, the nation’s top ethanol producer, says it is has reduced its cellulosic ethanol production cost during the past year from $4.13 per gallon to $2.35 per gallon.
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Disaster declaration for farm losses in 5 states

JACKSON, Miss. — Federal agriculture authorities have declared disaster areas in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee due to crop losses from a combination of severe spring and fall flooding and summer drought.
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Minn. farmer cited in truck spill

CASSELTON, N.D. — Authorities say a Minnesota farmer has been cited for allowing a byproduct from the ethanol plant near Casselton to leak from his truck along Interstate 94.
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Devils Lake irrigation project scrapped

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — The manager of a Devils Lake area water board says a test using lake water for irrigation has ended after it found much of the soil too poor to be irrigated.
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USDA says Illinois corn harvest lagging

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that, despite significant progress last week, Illinois farmers were only a little more than halfway through their corn harvest before the latest heavy rains.
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Fungus fears ease in Dakotas

A fungus problem with the potential to create widespread damage to corn crops in the Dakotas for perhaps the first time in memory might not be as ominous as first feared. Initial tests are showing that the corn ear molds that are showing up in North Dakota and South Dakota are not of the type that can make corn inedible for cattle.
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Some local farmers are in a state of shock after receiving their proposed property tax statements this weekend. One official with Kandiyohi County estimates next year’s taxes to be 20 to 40 percent higher than last year. Tribune photo
Tax statement shocker

Farmers hit with major land tax hikes

People who own agricultural, seasonal or recreational lakeshore properties may have had a heart-stopper over the weekend when they opened their proposed property tax statements.
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David Meuchel from Dickinson, N.D., dumps a load of sunflowers Monday at Cargill in West Fargo. David Samson / The Forum
A load of sunflowers

Sunflower crop could set record in Dakotas

BISMARCK – Worries remain for farmers about this year’s weather-delayed harvest, but when it comes to the area’s sunflower crop, there’s reason to be hopeful.
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Preliminary corn mold tests are encouraging

FARGO - North Dakota State University's early observations and tests of corn ear molds in North Dakota indicate that the majority of molds detected are not fungi species known to produce mycotoxins.
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